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Prince Sultan University in
Collaboration with
United Nations Development Programme
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Objective:
Forum is intended to be a policy-oriented event of
concrete relevance and utility to the participatory. The
objective of the forum is to contribute to strengthening
democratic decentralisation and participatory local governance
in the kingdom by providing a platform for discussion of major
issues of relevance in the national context. The forum will be
a discussion-based initiative that will facilitate dialogue
between, and among. central and regional levels of government
to reach practical recommendations for moving the local agenda
forward.
Axis of Discussion
Given the context and national priorities, the Forum will be
organized around three on-day sessions to discuss the
following themes : |
a) The enabling environment for local governance |
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The national
legislative framework and inter-governmental relations |
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Fiscal
decentralization |
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The impact of
socio-economic local development |
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Institutional Capacities |
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Civil service
reform |
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Local and central
institutions capacity building |
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c)
Empowerment and Citizen Participation |
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Accountability
and citizens' participation |
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Participatory
planning, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation |
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Local economic
revitalization |
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